Jon Stewart: Let's Do a $10 Billion Kickstarter to Buy CNN

If Rupert Murdoch Can't Have It, Maybe We Can?

The news that CNN might go up for sale if Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox succeeds in buying Time Warner has had Jon Stewart wondering about potential buyers -- and he decided we should just buy it. On last night's "Daily Show," he kicked off a (faux) $10 billion Kickstarter campaign, complete with its own Kickstarter-lookalike page at LetsBuyCNN.com. The supporter rewards include the chance to "Take molly with Fareed Zakaria" ($25,000), two weeks of blanket, round-the-clock CNN coverage of your "hunt for your lost car keys" ($5 million), and even the opportunity to "Host a CNN anchor Hunger Games fight to the death."

Simon Dumenco is the "Media Guy" columnist for Advertising Age. You can follow him on Twitter @simondumenco.